Math Tech Links

LInks with information on using technology with math:


Wikis About Math Tech

• Google Docs and Math: https://learninpawiki.wikispaces.com/Google+Docs+for+Math+Teachers
• Math247: Math Wiki using VoiceThread, MathCasts, PenCasts:
  • FrontPage: http://math247.pbworks.com/
  • MathCast Project for K-7: http://math247.pbworks.com/K-7+Mathcasts+500+Project
  • VoiceThreads: http://math247.pbworks.com/5NS2-5

Suite 101 How Tos

• Problem Solving Ideas: http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/math_problem_solving_stories_and_process_skills
• Using Wikis in Math Class: http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_wikis_in_math_classes

Blogs About Tech

• Blog of proximal development... Replacing grades with conversations... student blogging:
  • http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/04/25/replacing-grading-with-conversations/
  • How to Grow a Blog (click on images to link to downloadables): http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/10/27/how-to-grow-a-blog/
  • Sample student progress chart with annotations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teachandlearn/473061207/
    • Student sample
    • Student Sample 2
    • Both are Creative Commons
• Blog Post of Graphing Stories with videos: http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=213
• Neoformix: Blog about patterns in data: http://neoformix.com/

Sites About Math Stories

• PBS: What's up with the weather: graphing stories-- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/etc/graphs.html
• Math Forum's Excel Data Sets: http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/data.collections/datalibrary/data.set6.html

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